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to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively

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main street; avenue; boulevard

7

downtown high-rise area; street of office buildings; area of medium to tall business buildings

1

checkmate

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elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student

1

approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

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turning things around with a home run; turning the tables with a single successful attack (move)

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progress; pace; carriage; step; stage

1

place; position; location; position; standing; status

2

heroic; fierce; grand; sublime; magnificent

1

upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere

1

to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from

1

addition; adding; supplement

1

dramatic turn-around; major reversal; great comeback; game changer

1

to occur; to happen

1

to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice

1

proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony

2

brilliant; bright; dazzling

1

small; compact

1

top-heavy; big-headed; overly-theoretical

1

to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line

1

craft brings nothing home; (lit.) the crafty schemer drowns in his own scheme

1

ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap

1

commander; commanding officer; CO

1

bulldozer

1

to kick into the air; to kick up; to kick from below

1

to overdo something (speed, exertion, etc.)

1

tempo

1

militant (faction, group, person, etc.); hardliner who favors force over compromise; hawk

1

roundhouse kick; turning kick

1

point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes

1

to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

1

the public; general public

1

to send flying with a kick

2

avalanche; snowslide; avalanche; avalanche jōseki

1

evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)

2

to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand

1

refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing

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to kick back (ball, person, etc.)

1

before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill

3

nonchalant air; unruffled air

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not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work

1

glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off

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scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer

1

thread; yarn; string

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wire; wire rope

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oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)

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detection

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gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons

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repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row

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